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D. S. TINNIN. CIGARETTE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. I911.

1,309,707. Patented July 15, 1919.

. W-QQ GMOMIQtj PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID S. TINNIN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CIGARETTE-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID S. TINNIN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District. of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to smokers articles and more particularly to an improved cigarette holder which, while primarily designed for use by automobilists, possesses many features, which render it as equally deslrable for use by smokers in general.

, Another aim of the invention is to so relatively position the finger ring proper and the cigarette receivinglsocket that when the ring is applied to a ger of either hand the cigarette will be positioned across the finger substantially in the same manneras when directly held so that the cigarette is at all times 1n position foruse and yet it is not necessary to grasp the same or the holder between two fingers.

' the .manner of using A further object of the inyention is to provide the ring with an ashtray supported in ppsition beneath the lighted end of the cigarette so as to receive the ashes dropplng therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the article embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section through the article;

Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the article;

Fig 4 is a perspective view thereof;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustratin a slight modification of the invention;

Fig. 6 is a similar View illustrating a fur ther modification of the invention; Q

Fig. 7 is a similar view illustrating that modification embodying the ash. tray Fig. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the forward portion of the ash tray. J In its simplest form illustrated in Figs. 1

to 4, inclusive, the article com rises a finger ring '1, which ma be'made 0 metal or any suitable materia upon its upper side with an integral boss 2 having a cigarette receiving socket 3 which may be' cylindrical or elliptical or, in fact of any contour to receive a certain shape 0 cigarette.- By reference to the said figures of the drawings it will be observed that the Specification of Letters Patent.

and which isprovided Patented July 15, 1919.

Applioatlon'flled June 5, 1917. Serial No. 172,944.

' axis of the socket is at right angles to the axis of the finger opening of the ring so that when the ring is applied to a finger of either hand as, for example, the second joint of the middle finger of the left hand and a cigarette is inserted in the socket, the cigarette will extend across the finger in substantially the same manner as when directly grasped. While the boss 2 is indicated in the drawings as integral with the ring it may be formed separate therefrom and attached thereto in any suitable manner, and while the ring is preferably broadened gradually in an upward direction to produce the boss, 'as clear y shown in Fig. 3, it will be understood that the ring and boss may have some other contour if desired. In order that the article may serve also as a convenient match striker, the upper surface of the boss is roughened, as at 4, to provide a striking surface, the sald upper surface of the boss being, furthermore, tranversely rounded so as not to present any sharp edges to the forefinger or any edges upon which a match head would be likely to be caught and torn from the stem. It will be understood, of course, that the ring will be made in various sizes and that it may be ornamented in any desired manner.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings the ring is provided in its lower side with a split 5 and is preferably made of malleable metal so that it may be spread or closed to increase or decrease its diameter thereby enabling the article to be placed upon the market in a sin 1e size. Also it is preferable in this form 0 the invention that the up er wall of the socket 3 be-split longitudimlly, as indicated by the numeral 6; so that the size of the socket may be increased or decreased to accommodate different makes of cigarettes.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings the boss supports a tubular cigarette holder 7 which is integral therewith and which in its general shape re sembles the ordinary form of cigarette holder. In this structure the mouth piece, of course, projects beyond one side of the boss and the bod of the holder projects beyond. the other si e thereof.

signed to receive ashes dropping from the cigarette. At its forward or outer end the said shank supports an ash receiving bowl 9 which is integral or rigid with the shank and within which is pivotally supported, as at 10, a supplemental bowl 11. The ashes dropping in the bowl-11 may be discharged into the bowl 9 by merely tilting the bowl 11.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: I

In an articleof the class described, a finger ring having a cigarette receiving socket, and 15 an ash receiving member extending from the ring and having a main receiving bowl and a pivoted bowl mounted therein and arranged to discharge thereinto. 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. 20

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